William & Mary: Determined to Dance

By

Andrew Beaton

Mar 9, 2015 1:59 pm ET

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Down two to Hofstra in the final seconds of double overtime in the Colonial Athletic Association semifinals, top-seeded William & Mary looked headed toward another soul-crushing defeat. But a three-pointer with a half-second left for a 92-91 victory kept the Tribe’s hope alive for ending an infamous streak.

William & Mary is a member of a club dubbed the Forgotten Five—the five original members of Division I since 1948 that have never made the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The others: Army, the Citadel, Northwestern and St. Francis (N.Y.). The Tribe play Northeastern in the final on Monday night for an automatic berth to the NCAAs.